Bruce Makowsky is an American real estate developer and entrepreneur. He built a fashion business in New York selling designer handbags with his wife, through more than 1,300 department stores. He and his wife, Kathy Van Zeeland, sold bags and shoes for 30 years, through their flagship labels Kathy Van Zeeland Handbags, B. Makowsky and Tignanello. The couple sold the company in 2008 to Li & Fung Ltd based in Hong Kong. It is at that moment when he began his real estate career, he founded BAM Luxury Development, a property development company and became a great tycoon reinventing mansions in the most select areas of the US, in addition to taking an interest in the art world, his work reverses the idea of reissuing construction tools such as luxury items, with brands such as Chanel, Hermes, etc.